Comparison

Recent Contacts Timeline vs ClickPing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Recent Contacts Timeline

Organize your address book by recency. This app presents your contacts in a clear timeline, prioritizing those most recently added. Easily access and manage contact details, with quick actions for calling, messaging, and emailing.

Highlights
  • Timeline view of new contacts
  • Grouped by date (Today, Yesterday, This Week)
  • Fast contact search
  • One-tap call, message, email
  • Export contacts as PDF or CSV
  • Native iOS design
Features
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See your newest contacts first. Contacts Timeline turns your address book into a clean timeline, sorted by when each contact was added. New contacts appear at the top, grouped into Today, Yesterday, This Week, and older dates, so the person you just saved is easy to find again. Open any contact to see the available details: phone numbers, email addresses, company, job title, birthday, photos, and more. From there, you can call, send a message, email, copy contact info, open the contact in the system Contacts app to edit it, or delete it. Built for the moments when the regular Contacts app makes you search by name, but what you remember is when you met someone. Highlights: - Recently added contacts first - Timeline groups for today, yesterday, this week, and exact dates - Fast contact search - One-tap call, message, email, and copy actions - Open contacts in the system Contacts app for editing - Native iOS design, no account required - Export contacts as PDF or CSV, sort by date or name, then share, save, or print Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ClickPing

Features
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Tap any phone number. Tap ClickPing. WhatsApp opens to that chat — no contact saved. ClickPing is a click-to-chat tool that opens a WhatsApp chat with any number without saving it to your contacts. Type or paste a number, or share one from another app with the Share sheet — ClickPing sorts out the country code and opens the chat in the official WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business app you choose. WHY CLICKPING • One small banner on the free version, and no ads at all with ClickPing Plus. Never full-screen, never a video, and never personalised to you. • No saved contact, no history, no recent-number list you didn't ask for. • Opens the official WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business chat — you pick which. • Sorts out the country code for you, so the right chat opens. • Scan a number with your camera or a QR code — free, no upgrade needed. PERFECT FOR • Messaging a marketplace seller, buyer, or classified-ad contact you'll never save. • Freelancers and service providers replying to one-off client numbers. • Coordinating a delivery, pickup, or booking. • Reaching a number from a website, email, invoice, or document. • Short trips where you message a number just once. HANDLES THE TRICKY CASES Numbers don't always come with a country code. ClickPing figures it out and shows a clear preview before anything opens. If a block of text has several numbers, you pick the one you want. It only asks when a decision is genuinely needed — otherwise it just opens. PERSONAL OR BUSINESS If you have both WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business installed, ClickPing asks which one to use. Remember your choice and it skips the question next time. MORE WAYS TO START • Type or paste a number on the main screen. • Scan a number with your camera, including a QR code. • Share text or a photo of a number from any app via the Share sheet. • Add a Home Screen shortcut for one-tap access. MORE THAN WHATSAPP Once ClickPing has a number, you don't have to stop at WhatsApp. You can also: • Call it, or text it in Messages. • Copy it, or share it to another app. • Save it as a new contact. ClickPing simply hands the number to your phone's own Phone, Messages, or Contacts app — it never takes those permissions itself. WhatsApp is still the one tap ClickPing is built for; these just save you a detour. MESSAGE TEMPLATES WITH LIVE VARIABLES Keep a short list of reusable messages. Drop in variables that fill themselves in the moment you use them: {{date}} — today's date {{day}} — the weekday {{day_month}} — day and month {{time}} — the current time No recipients are stored. No history is kept. PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK, NOT JUST TRUST • No contacts. No call log. No location. No microphone. No background clipboard. • The number you open and any message you compose stay on your device — not collected, not stored. • Saved templates and preferences back up to your own iCloud account; no phone numbers and no recipients are included. • Crash and usage diagnostics are content-free — never a phone number, a message you wrote, or a link ClickPing built. FREE CORE, OPTIONAL PLUS ClickPing's core features are free: opening chats, sorting out country codes, scanning a number with your camera or a shared image, the Share sheet, Home Screen shortcuts, and up to three saved message templates. ClickPing Plus is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks permanently — no subscription — and adds: • No ads. The banner disappears everywhere in the app. • Unlimited saved message templates, beyond the free limit of three. • Default-message auto-fill, so a chosen template drops into every chat you open. ONE JOB, DONE PROPERLY ClickPing has a single focus: open the right WhatsApp chat, fast, without saving a contact. No status downloader, no feature bloat. ClickPing is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business, Meta, or their owners.

Screenshots

Recent Contacts Timeline4 screens
ClickPing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ClickPing at Free against Recent Contacts Timeline's $2.99. ClickPing also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Recent Contacts Timeline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ClickPing is free to download; Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99 up front. ClickPing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recent Contacts Timeline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 6 weeks, ClickPing every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Recent Contacts Timeline versus ClickPing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecent Contacts TimelineClickPing
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BardonRamiz Raja

In-app purchases

None

Recent Contacts Timeline

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ClickPing

One-time1
  • ClickPing Plus Lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is Recent Contacts Timeline free?
Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClickPing free?
ClickPing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recent Contacts Timeline or ClickPing have ads?
ClickPing shows ads; Recent Contacts Timeline does not.
Which is updated more often, Recent Contacts Timeline or ClickPing?
Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 6 weeks, and ClickPing every 5 days. Most recently, Recent Contacts Timeline was updated on November 9, 2026 and ClickPing on October 31, 2026.

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